[Intro – Spoken over jazz chords] He aliʻi ka ʻāina, he kauwā ke kanaka. Da land, she da chief. We just da servant — So walk soft, Burn honest. Dis ain’t just lava — Dis lineage. [Verse 1 – English & Hawaiian Blend] She is not contained — Pelehonuamea, ka wahine ʻai honua, Earth-eater, breath-maker, Born from Haumea, Ka ʻuhane o ke ahi i loko o ka honua — Spirit of fire deep in da earth. Not anger, but necessity. Not wrath, but truth. Every flow? One act of becoming. Hoʻomaka ʻana — a beginning. From black rock, new ʻōhiʻa bloom. From desolation, life resume. [Chorus – Pidgin & Hawaiian] Eh! No step da lava like she dead — She watching. ʻAʻole ʻoe e hele wale i kēia wahi kapu. No pick, no steal. Give pule, give breath. Then maybe — just maybe — She go let you pass. [Verse 2 – Hawaiian Verse + English] Hele mai Pele i ke ala ʻula, Ka hula ʻana o ke ahi ma ke ala ʻino, Hoʻokahi leo, hoʻokahi hanu, Pā ka ʻea, hānau hou ka ʻāina. (Translation: Pele walks the red path, She walks where the air still glows — In ash, in glass, in bones of stone. Not for vengeance, but for balance. Ke kahua i ke ola — The foundation of life sometimes start wit destruction. [Bridge – Spoken] Dis ain’t mythology. Dis memory. Every auntie get one story. Every ʻohana stay connected. You feel da tremble? That’s her hula. You smell da sulfur? That’s her breath. She no just erupt — she remember. [Verse 3 – Pidgin & English with Hawaiian Phrases] Eh, no act lolo — da crater one altar. Pōhaku no forget what da people forget. Da earth get ears. Da trees get eyes. And da wind? He leo kapu. (A sacred voice.) She da flame dat don’t lie. She da voice beneath da sirens and sighs. In da pāhoyhoy flows, you see her face — Not in rage, but in grace. Aloha ʻāina — not just slogan. It’s da cost of living true. Kū i ka mana o Pele — Stand in Pele’s power, And learn who you. [Chorus – Hawaiian & English] ʻO ka wahine ʻā i ka lua, She da woman who burns in da pit. He ʻaumakua, he kupua, Not devil, not deity — But truth in form of flame. Offer lei, offer ʻōlelo. No bring greed — bring kuleana. Dis da ʻāina’s body. Dis da people’s breath. No steal da bones for souvenir. [Verse 4 – Hawaiian Focused with English Translation] E Pele, e ke ahi hānau ʻole, Aloha mākou i kou mana, Pele not just goddess. She da mirror. When da lava come, You see what you love, And what you can let go. She no ask for worship — She ask you listen. To da ʻōlelo of da winds, To da pain of da earth, To da breath between eruptions. And if you can — Humble yourself, Walk da path of fire With bare feet and open eyes. [Outro – Whispered chant over slow jazz fade] E Pele ē… Ke ahi kapu o Halemaʻumaʻu, E mālama mākou iā ʻoe. Guide us — Burn us — Remake us.
